SmallGEO: Europe's versatile small platform

Date: Wed, Jan 18, 2017 | 10:30 - 10:45 GMT | 11:30 - 11:45 CET

Replay: Wed, Jan 18, 2017 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

SmallGEO is a multipurpose satellite platform capable of accommodating a wide range of commercial telecommunications payloads and missions. Its first mission is with Spanish operator Hispasat's Hispasat 36W-1.
The SmallGEO platform line is developed by Germany's OHB System AG under ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunication Systems (ARTES) programme.
This video gives an overview of the first SmallGEO flight and contains interviews with Magali Vaissiere, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, ESA and Andrea Cotellessa, SmallGEO Platforms Programme Manager, ESA.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/SmallGEO

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2017/01/SmallGEO_Europe_s_versatile_small_platform

Script:
SmallGEO_Script & B-Roll Information Final.docx

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.